On April 4th I had a lot of emotions going through my mind. I was leaving work with the knowledge that our new foster pigs were still not at our house, the owners hadn't called yet from their 3 hour one way trip to the city to drop them off. 6 piggies, a adult female, male and their 4 babies born March 25.

While waiting for the foster pigs, I got word of my grandmother taking a huge turn for the worse health wise. I had enough time to build the cage, toss some food and accept them from their old owners before I was on the road.

The last week has been a blur. Travelling, trying to get organized, vet trips. Oi!

I want to be able to have a place for the next few months to post photos, giggles, frustrations and so on with the new fosters, because 6 pigs ended up being 7, a young female from the two adults first litter and the other 6. Both the young female and adult female have been with the male all this time and are on pregnancy watch.

Best part, mites. Yup. I'm trying to figure out how to treat them all (babies are all around 200gs not 340gs) because the mother needs treatment, though there is no open scratches or sores, she has major hair loss and tons of scratching. Dr. Dell and I are sure its mites. I told her (to save money) I'll treat at home (gods knows I've done that a million and one times with past fosters and adopted pigs). So there is my first frustration.

Finally the last of the current babies, Oliver. He's a naughty boy and out of 30 photos these two are the worst and best of all the photos. As you can see, he's giving me stink eye, well that's all the litter man gave me. He also tricks is siblings, nips and is an all around terror. But you must all agree, he's adorable!

Now we move on to the older pigs. Lets start with Bill, aka Big Daddy. Funny story, My partner and I argued that Bill was bigger than Reko. Now I know my Reko and he's one of the manliest neutered boars one will meet. Thus I had faith (and knowledge of his weigh charts) to say that Reko may not be as long as Bill is, but when it boiled down to it he out weighed Bill hands down. My partner said Bill was just too big to be smaller. Weighing in: Reko 1251gs Bill: 1049gs Reko and I win that round. LOL!

Right now everyone is just happily making tons of messes, eating, popcorning and relaxing in our bedroom. My only issue is the 5:30 am 7 singing piggie pop band demanding food with all their lungs. That I can do without.

Lynx,
Everyone is scratching more than they should and any pink skin is irritated on everyone who has white fur. But that might be why she looks worse than the rest. I didn't even think that could be why she's loss so much hair, thank you. I'll call Dr. Dell tomorrow and let her know. I'll start some CC for an add boost today since she's more than likely pregnant again.

Everyone is doing AMAZING. Mama Pig has a feel body of fur again. Everyone was treated for mites and now for the happy but sad news, Bill and Oliver were adopted by a lovely couple. Its sad because Bill is such a snuggle piggie and I will miss him but I know they are going to have a great life.

The baby girls will have their chance at a new home this week if everything goes well. Then its just Houdini, as his adoption fell through.